Plaiceholder

Plaiceholder

Beautiful pure CSS image placeholders, without the hassle.

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Transform your images into beautifully lightweight placeholders, with ease. Choose-your-own adventure, from pure CSS to SVG…
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Naveh Mevorach
I'm not sure I 100% understand the product purpose. Its just blur all the photos on my website? I'm asking to understand and not to criticize =)
Joe Bell
Plaiceholder
Maker
@naveh_mevorach hey, No worries! The purpose is to provide a lightweight blurred placeholder (in place of an image whilst an image is loading) to vastly improve a site's perceived performance
Naveh Mevorach
@naveh_mevorach @joebell_ Ok got it! great idea! Thanks!
Kurosh Hashemi
RoadGoat
@joebell_ Not completely following. Doesnt the image have to load to make the plaiceholder blurred version? and if the image is loaded for blurring, wouldn't that imply it is also already ready as non-blurred?
Pedro Duarte
Raycast
Love it. Great use of CSS too!
Joe Bell
Plaiceholder
Maker
@pedro_duarte1 Thanks Pedro!
Lee Robinson
Next.js
Really well done, congrats on the launch!
Joe Bell
Plaiceholder
Maker
@leerob Cheers Lee! Your React2025 course was a huge help for this
Sandoche
Llamao
This is genius!!! Well done @joebell_ I will list it on https://undesign.learn.uno/
Joe Bell
Plaiceholder
Maker
@joebell_ @sandochee Thank you! That's a great idea, would love to get that featured in the docs.
Sandoche
Llamao
@joebell_ Just did it today!
Joe Bell
Plaiceholder
Maker
Hey folks! I'm the author of "Plaiceholder"; a project born out of my quest to find the fastest and best-looking image placeholders for the web. I'd love to hear what you all think ——— Use the promo code `LAUNCHDAY` to get 50% off "supporter" memberships for 6 months (valid until Friday)
Steven Tey
Dub
This is such a brilliant idea, reminds me of Blurhash, but more accessible! Great job, Joe! :)
Joe Bell
Plaiceholder
Maker
@steventey Thanks Steven!
Shriniket Deshmukh
Superb !! finally something I really wanted to see for myself.
Joe Bell
Plaiceholder
Maker
@ytmp3 Thank you!
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